A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 15:57:42 / April 17, 2020 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 22 km, -67.7806° West, 19.0051° North. Event id: pr2020108016. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020108016. The temblor was detected at 10:57:42 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 22 km (14 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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